About the Authors

Shaniya H. Khan

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Matthew D. Martin

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Gabriel R. Starbeck-Miller

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Hai-Hui Xue

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

John T. Harty

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Vladimir P. Badovinac

vladimir-badovinac@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHK JTH VPB. Performed the experiments: SHK MDM GRSM. Analyzed the data: SHK MDM GRSM HHX VPB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HHX. Wrote the paper: SHK VPB.